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MIDHANI first Indian company to secure GE Aerospace S400 approval
MIDHANI is a company in India that makes very special metals.
Its metals are used to build rockets, satellites, fighter jets and missiles.
The company also makes strong materials for nuclear power plants and even medical implants for people's bones.
MIDHANI has a laboratory that tests these metals to make sure they are strong and safe.
GE Aerospace is a big American company that makes engines for airplanes.
GE Aerospace approved MIDHANI's laboratory, making it the first such lab in India to receive this approval.
This means GE trusts MIDHANI to test metal parts for its airplane engines.
The approval has nothing to do with a Russian missile system that has a similar name.
After the news, people who own shares in MIDHANI became very happy, and the share price went up by almost nine percent.
MIDHANI has become the first Indian company to secure GE Aerospace S400 approval for its metallic-material testing laboratory.
The S400 approval qualifies laboratories serving GE Aerospace's supply chain for chemical, mechanical and metallurgical testing and is unrelated to Russia's S-400 air-defense system.
MIDHANI shares closed 8.91% higher at ₹444.85 on Aug. 13 after touching an intraday high of ₹456.60.
Turnover rose 40.46% to ₹239.49 crore in the quarter ended June 30, 2026, with the order book at ₹2,329 crore as of July 1, 2026.
MIDHANI, a government-owned metallurgical company established in 1973, supplies special steels, superalloys and titanium alloys for defence, space and nuclear-energy applications.
- Who
- Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd. (MIDHANI), a Hyderabad-based defence public-sector undertaking, and aircraft-engine maker GE Aerospace.
- What
- MIDHANI became the first Indian company to secure GE Aerospace's S400 approval for its metallic-material testing laboratory.
- Where
- MIDHANI's laboratory and headquarters in Hyderabad, India.
- When
- Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026.
- Why
- The approval recognizes MIDHANI's technical capabilities and quality systems, strengthens its position in the global aerospace industry, and advances India's capabilities in advanced materials.
Key facts
- Company
- Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd. (MIDHANI), Hyderabad-based defence PSU
- Approval
- GE Aerospace S400 (Independent and International Metallic Material Laboratory)
- Share price (Aug. 13)
- ₹444.85, up 8.91%; intraday high ₹456.60
- Quarterly turnover (ended June 30, 2026)
- ₹239.49 crore, up 40.46% year-on-year
- Order book (as of July 1, 2026)
- ₹2,329 crore
- Established
- 1973; commercial production 1983; Miniratna Category-I 2009
- Key customers
- ISRO, DRDO, HAL, Department of Atomic Energy
- Facilities
- Manufacturing sites in Hyderabad; armoring facility in Rohtak (Haryana); JV with NALCO in Nellore (Andhra Pradesh)









